GOP justices on Nov. ballot face heat over $1B corporate tax ruling

12:03 AM,
Aug. 14, 2014

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A Michigan Supreme Court tax case ruling that could force Michigan to pay more than $1 billion to out-of-state corporations has created an awkward situation for Michigan Republicans as they head into their state convention in less than two weeks.

Justices are officially nonpartisan and immune from political pressure, but uniquely so in Michigan, where they are nominated by political parties that spend heavily in support of their elections.

The two Republican-nominated incumbent justices on the Nov. 4 ballot - David Viviano and Brian Zahra - are expected to speak at the convention, and ...